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Allied ships off Bournemouth England, and British troops destroy German buzz bombs in World War II.

Allied ships near Bournemouth, England, during World War 2. Soldiers on Landing Ships at sea. Cliffs off the coast in the water. Soldiers seated near a U.S. flag on a ship. Battleships advance during the day and at dusk. Footage then changes to monochrome and different content: German 'buzz bombs' (V-1) fired by the Germans come flying from the sky. Artillery and machine gun fire by the British troops. British Mosquito fighter aircraft destroy buzz bombs in mid air. A buzz bomb get through and explosion is seen as it impacts. Views of rubble and wounded civilian on stretcher in England, in aftermath of a German buzz bomb attack.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020902
Men and women clean and load Herring and Bloater fishes at East Coast, England.

Fishing dock scene in England in the 1930s as large harvests of Herring and bloater fish glut the market. Men load large numbers of herring and bloater fishes from ships into baskets at a fish processing pier on the east coast of England. Baskets of fish are hoisted from the ships to the docks. Women carry the fish baskets. Group of women clean the fish and put them into large barrels. A woman worker arranges some fish and then smiles for the camera.

Date: 1934, November 14
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022441
Mrs David George Lloyd received by officials and children to inaugurate communal kitchen in East England.

Dame Margaret, wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George inaugurates communal kitchen in East England. Mrs George inaugurates the first two kitchens in the East England. She gets off from the car. Officials receive her and cadets stand to welcome her. Women follow her. A child stands at a door as Mrs George comes out.

Date: 1920
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675026054
General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects 9th Air Force base in England (WW2)

Air war in England during World War II. General Dwight D Eisenhower inspects 9th Air Force base in England. General Eisenhower inspects the plane and its readiness, shown by Air force personnel. General Eisenhower seated in cockpit fires mounted machine guns for testing. B-26C's take off and bombard over target. Aerial view of targets and explosions over target. B-26C's land and British Hudsons take off. Planes fire, smoke arises from explosions.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044549
The new coin with profile of Queen Elizabeth II is launched in England.

A new coin launched in England. Man working on a machine that mints the new coin bearing the profile of Queen Elizabeth II of England, several months before her coronation. The design is approved by a committee headed by Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

Date: 1952, December 4
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045415
First set of African American U.S. Army nurses arrive in England and Brigadier General Davis welcomes them during World War II.

African American nurses in England during World War II. African American nurses on deck and lining rail of a ship as it comes to the dock. Brigadier General Benjamin O Davis waves to the nurses. Nurses move down the gangplank. General shakes hands with a medic and welcomes the nurses to England. In his speech Brigadier General Davis notes their status as the first "colored nurses" to arrive, and that he has read in a colored magazine that colored ambulance drivers and colored stretcher carriers have a good reputation for their caring service in the war. He expresses hope that the nurses would live up to the tradition of their profession. African American nurses move down the gangplank across the dock. They walk down the railroad platform by a waiting train. Brigadier General Davis talks to the Captain in charge of the nurses. Red Cross women hand over coffee and doughnuts to the nurses in the train and the train pulls away.

Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049114